Michael Yee
Joseph T. Vazzana
<p><em> </em></p>
Dr. Anne R. Van Arsdale
Clinical focus on a specialized colposcopy clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical dysplasias.
Dr. Van Arsdale’s research follows her clinical focus on gynecologic malignancies. Her focus is translational research of HPV integration as a biomarker for progressive cervical dysplasia and cervical carcinoma.
<p>Anne Van Arsdale, MD, MSc, is an attending physician and Associate Professor, Genetics and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Montefiore Einstein. She treats all gynecologic malignancies, with a focus on a specialized colposcopy clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical dysplasias.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science at Georgetown University in 2001, Dr. Van Arsdale attended Columbia University, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2005. She came to Montefiore Einstein to begin her postdoctoral training with a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology. After completing her residency in 2009, she attended the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, England, earning her Master of Science in medical statistics. Dr. Van Arsdale then returned to Montefiore Einstein to pursue a three-year fellowship in gynecologic oncology, which she completed in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Van Arsdale’s research follows her clinical focus on gynecologic malignancies. Her focus is translational research of HPV integration as a biomarker for progressive cervical dysplasia and cervical carcinoma. She is the current institutional principal investigator (PI) of the gynecologic tissue biorepository and the lead institutional PI for phase 2 and phase 3 trials for Inovio pharmaceuticals evaluating HPV therapeutic vaccination for the treatment of high grade cervical and vulvar dysplasia. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and posters, and she is an ad hoc reviewer for several publications including <em>Frontiers Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology</em> and the <em>Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease</em>.</p><p>Dr. Van Arsdale is board certified and a member of several professional organizations including the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association of Cancer Research. She has been the recipient of multiple internal and external award mechanisms, including the ME Strong Award from the Foundation of Women’s Cancer, a Dew Point Scholar (Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health), an American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) Scholar, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP) Award and an NCI K08 award.</p>
Vlad A. Tomuta
Aaron Zev Tokayer
<p>Dr. Tokayer received his B.A. in from Yeshiva College and his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed an internship and residency at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center and GI and Hepatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. He received an MHS degree in Clinical Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Tokayer then joined the Montefiore GI Faculty in 1992. He has been involved in the spectrum of clinical patient care, endoscopic interventions and teaching in the GI fellowship program. His areas of interest include clinical practice, patient care and education, endoscopic procedures and interventions, functional GI and motility disorders. He is Director of the GI Motility Lab where studies such as Esophageal Manometry, Esophageal Acid Monitoring and Impedance Testing, Ano-rectal Manometry and Defecatory Testing, Hydrogen Breath Testing for Bacterial overgrowth and Carbohydrate Maldigestion , and studies of gastric and intestinal transit. He works closely with colleagues of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine as well as the Department of Surgery in diagnosing and treating GI motility disorders.</p>
Adit L. Tal
<p>Adit Tal, MD, is an Attending Physician at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) and an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Marrow and Blood Cell Transplantation at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, Dr. Tal’s clinical focus has been the treatment of pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, and the supportive care of children with cancer.</p><p>Dr. Tal received her Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University in 2008, followed by her Doctorate of Medicine at the Sackler School of Medicine. She began her postgraduate training in 2013 at CHAM and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, following her Pediatrics residency with a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship.</p><p>Building on her clinical practices, Dr. Tal’s research focuses on novel therapeutic targets for advanced treatments in metastatic osteosarcoma. She is examining a signaling pathway crucial to bone development and differentiation, and targeting this pathway to treat osteosarcoma. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed articles.</p><p>Dr. Tal is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of many professional societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Oncology Group, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is also a member of the Professional Development Committee with the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and is a volunteer pediatric oncologist at Happiness Is Camping, a residential camp for children with cancer and their families.</p>
Mark J. Suhrland
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Areas of Research:</strong> Diagnostic Cytology of all specimen types, with attention to clinical implications and areas of applied diagnostic testing. Recent interest has focused on HPV testing in different specimen types and the characteristics of the population of the Bronx.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s2"> </span></p>
Dr. Suhrland's clinical focus is on Gyn and Non-Gyn Cytology and Aspiration biopsy.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr. Suhrland's research focus is on Gyn and Non-Gyn Cytology and Aspiration biopsy.<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Asli S. Sucu
Tihomir Stefanec
<p>I am interested in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. My current interest is Critical Care Medicine. </p>
Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine (Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Cardiothoracic).<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Role of the endothelium and its progenitors in the pathogenesis of disease.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Tihomir Stefanec, MD, is Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Neurology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is multidisciplinary critical care medicine including medical, surgical, neurologic and cardiothoracic critical care.</p><p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Zagreb Medical School in Zagreb, Croatia in 1992, Dr. Stefanec completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Long Island College Hospital in 1997. He then completed a critical care medicine fellowship at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in 1999. Following this, Dr. Stefanec completed a pulmonary medicine fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001.</p><p>Dr. Stefanec’s past research focuses on the role of the endothelium and its progenitors in the pathogenesis of disease. His work has been published in peer-reviewed original publications, reviews, editorials and abstracts, and he has presented nationally.</p><p>Dr. Stefanec is board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, as well as in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians since 2003, and is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians and the European Respiratory Society.</p>